Comments | tabyk: To buy... or not to buy...

tabyk

To buy... or not to buy...

Apr 25, 2006 18:42

So, with the thought that spring/summer is here and I really don't want to pay $3 a gallon to feed my Jeep (which gets a whopping 15MPG) I have once again started looking at scooters and motorcycles. Stumbled across this one and kind of liked it. However, it's going to cost around $6000 new to buy, and I am still uncertain of selling my Jeep and ( Read more... )

jeep, scooter

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catwho April 26 2006, 03:09:27 UTC

Don't make Lothar's mistake ( ... )

tabyk April 26 2006, 03:17:08 UTC

1. There is a Honda Motorcycle dealership near where I work, and I have already confirmed that they have one on the lot that I can test-drive.

2. I have friends/parents with a flatbed truck. No worries.

3. See answer #1. *smile*

4. Been there, done that, have already been burned.

5. Still trying to figure that one out. They are advertising it as a scooter, which doesn't require a motorcycle license here (Oregon), but in the DMV manual they describe a scooter as having an engine 50cc in size or smaller, and the one I'm looking at has a 249cc engine. Still doing research.

catwho April 26 2006, 04:23:29 UTC

Lothar's scooter is a 50 cc, for comparison.

You really don't need anything higher if you just want something to get from point A to point B within a city. It doesn't go faster than 40 mph but that's all we need in our little mid-sized town. For long distance driving involving highway travel, you'd want to have your car anyway.

tabyk April 26 2006, 04:42:30 UTC

I'm mostly thinking of using it to drive to work and back (they changed my hours so I can't take the bus any longer), plus tool around town to visit local friends. My fear of the smaller 50cc model is that I am a big guy (260lbs), and in the 5+ miles to get from home to work or back, I have to go up some fairly steep hills. Big buy + steep hill + 40mph cruising speed = 15-20mph going up that hill in a 40mph zone... I have bad dreams about that.

lady_savant April 26 2006, 06:06:51 UTC

My only thought is I hope you don't mind getting wet. This is Oregon after all.

And if you were any of my other friends I would say it because I thought you probably hadn't thought of that already. But you are you and I know better. =D I think it looks really good and sturdy. I initially pictured you tooling around on one of those cute powder blue models and laughed.

musicchan April 26 2006, 06:53:13 UTC

On the other side, if you decide a bike/scooter isn't for you, I hear some states have cars that run on a special gas. Yes, the gas is still a little expensive because it's new and all, but it's something to look at.

Or just look at getting a smaller car with better gas milage. The Saturn that I got (and subsequently trashed several months later) was only 7k used and was in excellent condition.